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Nutritional Consultant
Emma Davies
“The ultimate multi-tasking vitamin with a key role in nervous system support, B6 is critical in the synthesis of neurotransmitters, the sleep hormone melatonin and can help minimize stress and anxiety. It’s involved in damping down a revved-up nervous system, and is a real friend to calm, sleep and overall wellbeing.”
Tactical Support
An essential, water-soluble vitamin that supports mood regulation and shows key benefits to the brain and nervous system.
The Game-Changing Nutrient
Vitamin B6 helps the body make hormones that regulate mood, stress and sleep. It’s also an important precursor to neurotransmitters and is involved in the production of haemoglobin, the metabolism of fatty acids, as well as being key in converting foods into energy
Form
We use Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate (P5P) which is the bioactive, more absorbable form of B6 and so doesn’t need to be converted within the body.
Dose
1.1mg per tablet SNOOZE tablet(RDA 1.5 mg for women and 1.7 mg for men)
Better Mood / Lower Stress
Acts as a precursor in the production of some key neurotransmitters – the “happy hormones” dopamine and serotonin and the calming neurotransmitter GABA
Sleep Promoting
Aids in the production of melatonin, the precursor to sleep and has a key role in supporting sleep/wake cycles
Dream Enhancing
Found to aid dream vividness and recall when taken before sleep
Improved Immune Function
Vitamin B6 can support improved immune function
Improved Cardiovascular And Brain Health
Regulates appropriate levels of homocysteine in the blood. High homocysteine can lead to raised heart disease risk and decreased cognitive function
Increased Energy
Helps the body use and store energy from food
Female Hormone Health
Can stabilize mood swings linked to hormone imbalance
Histamine Breakdown
Can help lower high histamine by supporting the DAO enzyme that clears histamine from the blood. High histamine is a key culprit in poor sleep onset and nighttime waking
Facts & Figures
We are keeping up to speed with the research on Vitamin B6. Here are some of the latest clinical studies, critically assessed by peers and published independently.
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Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled
Participants: 100
Dose: 240mg before bed
Duration: 5 days
Results: Vitamin B6 significantly increased the amount of dream content participants recalledRead study here.
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- Design: Double-blind, placebo-controlled study
- Participants: 478 young adults
- Dose: 100mg
- Duration: 30-35 days
- Results: Vitamin B6 influences the balance between excitation and inhibition. By increasing GABA levels there was a reduction in anxiety
Read study here
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- Design: Electroencephalography (EEG) paradigm
- Participants: 1
- Dose: N/A
- Duration: N/A
- Results: Neural response to visual patterns was reduced in individuals who consumed Marmite (rich in B vitamins), but not in control group
Read study here.
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- Design: Cross-sectional study
- Participants: 3362 adults
- Dose: N/A
- Duration: N/A
- Results: The association of lower vitamin B6 intake with increased risk of depression and anxiety was clearly supported by this study
Read study here.
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- Design: Single-blind intervention study
- Participants: 5
- Dose: 50mg or 100mg daily
- Duration: 14 days
- Results: A large dose of vitamin B6 could compensate for the lack of responsiveness of plasma PLP to vitamin B6 intake, and further increase immune response of critically ill patients.
Read study here.